Novaes Guiomar

Born February 28 1895 in Sao Paulo Brazil, Guiomar was a pianist, one of the youngest in a very large family. She studied piano at an early age with Antonietta Rude Miller and Luigi Chiafarelli in Sao Paul. She was eventually accepted at the Paris Conservatoire in 1909 as a pupil of Isidore Phillip. In 1911 she graduated from the Conservatoire with a premier prix for piano. Novaës made her formal debut that same year with the Châtelet Orchestra conducted by Gabriel Pierne then toured throughout Western Europe until the outbreak of World war one.

In 1915 Guiomar marked her US premiere performance in a triumphant recital at the Aolian Hall, New York. In years to follow she was there esteemed as one of the most expressive and impromptu pianist of her generation. In 1922 she married Octavio Pinto, a civil engineer also composer and pianist.

Guiomar’s last appearance in New York was in 1972 at a recital at Hunter College. She left many recording, with interpretations of Chopin’s F minor Concerto and Schumann’s Carnaval. These recordings were done by Vox in the 1950’s and express her undying individuality. Novaes died in Brazil at age 84.

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